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Deprecation of advanced mode in data entry flow

· One min read
Erik Montnemery

Summary​

User profile advanced mode is going away, which means integrations can no longer check if advanced mode is enabled or not in data entry flows.

Integrations authors need to update integrations to use an alternative user friendly way to present additional options in the UI, for example group additional options in a section.

FlowHandler.show_advanced_options​

The FlowHandler.show_advanced_options property has been deprecated and will be removed with the release of Home Assistant Core 2027.6. During the deprecation period, FlowHandler.show_advanced_options unconditionally returns True to not make options gated by this flag inaccessible to users.

FlowHandler.context['show_advanced_options']​

There is no longer a show_advanced_options key in FlowHandler.context.

Background​

The Advanced mode toggle in the user profile is a single binary switch that gates a collection of unrelated features across Home Assistant, from app (add-on) visibility (Terminal & SSH) to configuration options and UI elements, and we've been working on removing it during the past year.

For a more in-depth explanation, see roadmap issue #54.